Sources tell BuzzFeed News that the Senate majority leader wasn't told ahead of time that America First Policies would go after Sen. Dean Heller — and that McConnell allies subsequently made that clear to the group.

The justices agreed to hear the federal government's appeal of the challenges to the executive order. A quick turnaround that will allow the travel and refugee ban to be enforced against those without a connection to people or groups in the US.

In total, the Supreme Court issued 11 decisions this week — leaving 6 remaining cases that were argued and have not yet been decided. Several other key questions, including what the justices are going to do with Trump’s travel ban, are still up in the air.

DOJ Pride — the Justice Department's group for LGBT employees and allies — plans to give its community service award to Gavin Grimm, the transgender student challenging his high school's bathroom policy, and its award for contributions to the environment for LGBT employees to department lawyers behind pro-transgender litigation.

Donald Trump’s election and presidency has inspired the biggest outpouring of liberal activism in more than a decade. But Black Lives Matter seems less visible than a year ago. After a meteoric rise to prominence, the movement is struggling mightily with sharp disputes over direction and leadership.

The Guardian’s US newsroom didn’t become the voice of the Bernie left during the election. It didn’t break huge campaign scoops. Years after winning a Pulitzer for the Edward Snowden story, Guardian US has slashed costs, leaving employees stewing about mismanagement, infighting, a sexual harassment allegation, and unrealistic business expectations.

The audio description tours for blind and low vision people are not up and running yet but the administration says they're working on it. There is also some drama over a recorded introduction of Melania Trump to replace the one by Michelle Obama.

In a well-intentioned but misleading tweet, Kellyanne Conway implied, incorrectly, that Rep. Roger Williams was among those wounded in Wednesday's shooting. The Trump White House plays by different rules when it comes to communicating — even during serious news events.

Comey testified he’d wanted a memo about a “disturbing” conversation with Trump to be seen — in the hopes it might trigger a special counsel. On Wednesday night, the Washington Post reported that the special counsel is looking into obstruction of justice.

On Wednesday morning, a man opened fire on a congressional Republican baseball practice. The alleged shooter was a former Bernie campaign volunteer. The senator condemned violence of any kind on the Senate floor on Wednesday.

For the second time this week, the president is facing a new lawsuit that accuses him of violating a constitutional prohibition against receiving gifts, payments, and other "emoluments" from foreign governments.

A federal judge in Michigan put a lawsuit challenging the travel ban on hold on Friday. The plaintiffs in the case are seeking the "Giuliani memo" — the memo Rudolph Giuliani has said he and others wrote during Donald Trump's presidential campaign about how "legally" to implement what became the travel ban.